“As capitalist, he is only capital personified. His soul is the soul of capital. But capital has one single life impulse, the tendency to create value and surplus-value, to make its constant factor, the means of production, absorb the greatest possible amount of surplus-labour. Capital is dead labour, that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living…
The February event of the Canterbury Socialist Society is a screening of the Coen brothers’ film ‘Hail, Caesar!’. This satire lampoons the history of the studio era of Hollywood, the Hollywood Blacklist, Red Scare, and House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). During the 1930s, in response to the Great Depression and the rise of Fascism,…
According to this new social-sexual contract, proletarian women became for male workers the substitute for the land lost to the enclosures, their most basic means of reproduction, and a communal good anyone could appropriate and use at will. Echoes of this ‘primitive appropriation’ can be heard in the concept of the common woman which in…
Last call! “Working deer of all countries, unite! You have nothing to lose but your reins.” After a bit over half a year of successful events this is our final social drinks evening of 2017. This is a good opportunity to meet and greet, or get to know each other in a fun social setting….
As our last event of the year, aside from monthly drinks, is a screening of Raoul Peck’s 2017 biopic of the young Karl Marx, Frederich Engels, and Jenny Marx as they agitate and are subsequently chased out of the countries of Europe – between Paris, Brussels, and London. The film Trailer can be viewed here:…
NZ’s road to socialism and the Canterbury Socialist Society are co-hosting this event to launch a new project to record oral histories of the Communist movement, and to mark the 100th Anniversary of the October Revolution, as a key event in the establishment of a Communist movement in Aotearoa New Zealand. The evening will begin with a panel…
Though Cowards Flinch and Traitors Sneer, We’ll Keep the Red Ale Flowing Here Starting in April 2017 – the third Thursday of every month the Socialist Society has informal drinks at Pomeroy’s on the corner of Fitzgerald and Kilmore. All are welcome to join us to discuss whatever: politics; interesting things you’ve read, watched or…
In the aftermath of the NZ General Election we are gathering for an informal exchange of ideas and thoughts about the question of socialism, the working class, class struggles, and the lay of the land/balance of forces in New Zealand. We are joined this month by a special guest Loren Goldner who is holidaying here…
As a ‘bonus’ social event for anyone at a loss how to spend Election Night (Saturday 23rd September) we are going to attend this event at The Space Academy: https://www.facebook.com/events/232590733930661/ “Election Party 2017 Space Academy, 371 St Asaph Street 23rd September Election coverage as it unfolds, on all of our screens. Preliminary results released progressively from…